Cup-clasp.



R. H. LORIMER.

CUP CLASP! APPLICATION FILED ssvnzz. I917- 1,258,792. Patented Man-121918.:

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CUP-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 3131.16.12, 1918.

Application filed September 22, 1917. Serial 1 \T0. 192,692;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REEVA H. LORIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cup-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a plate engaging cup clasp or holder supporting a'cup on a plate so that the plate and cup may be conveniently held by one hand of the user, the cup being supported in such manner that while it may be readily raised from the plate by the other hand of the user, it is confined against lateral displacement relatively to the plate. p

The invention is embodied in certain improvements in a plate-engaging cup clasp or holder, hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cup clasp embodying the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the clasp and of a cup supported and confined thereby, and an edge view, partly in section, of a plate with which the clasp is engaged. V

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

My improved cup clasp is preferably con-V,

structed entirely of wire, which may be plated or otherwise ornamentally surfaced, and, in the embodiment of the invention here shown, includes an endless sinuous wire body, the sinuosities of which form not only a plurality of Wings designated by 12, 12 and 13, and composedof arched portions of the wire, said wings being formed and relatively arranged to support and prevent lateral displacement of a cup, while permitting the latter to be freely raised, but also a plurality of feet designated by 14, 15, 15 adapted to bear on different portions of the upper surface of a plate, and formed by inverted arched portions of the body. The clasp also includes a resilient wire jaw 16 attached at its ends to the body and adapted to bear yieldingly on the under side of'the plate.

The wings 12 which I call the side wings are formed and arranged to bear on substantially opposite portions "of thecup and prevent lateral displacement thereof in the direction indicatedby the arrow w. The wing 13, which I call the stop wing, is formed and arranged to bear on an intermediate portion of the cup and prevent lateral displacement 7 thereof in the direction indicated by the V arrow y. Y a V The foot 1a is formed and arranged to bear on the upper surface of the rim portion of the plate, and the feet 15, which are spaced apart, are formed and arranged to bear on the upper surface of the bottom or body of the plate. Thedevice' istherefore a tripod adapted to bear on a plate at three spaced apart points and be firmly supported by the plate.

The jaw 16 is formed from alength of wire soldered or otherwiseattached at its ends to the wings 12 and bent to form necks 16 extending across the margin of the plate,

the intermediate portion of the jaw projecting inwardly under the foot 14,.andcooperating therewith in yieldingly grasping a portion of the plate. The resilience of the jaw 16 is such that it is adapted to conform to plates of different shapes and thickness.

The portions of the wings 12 which are connected by the foot 14 are spaced apart to enable the handle of the cup to project between said wings.

The clasp is preferably provided with holders for concomitant articles such as a spoon, a fork, and a lump of sugar. As

here shown I provide three holders, two of.

which are formed by portionsv of the wings 12 and by supplemental wings 18 composed of lengths of wire having bent end portions soldered or otherwise attached to the wings 12, one of these holders being adapted to.

support a spoon S, and the other a fork..-

The third holder is formed by a portion of the wing 13 and by a supplemental'wing 19 composed of'a length of wire solderedor otherwise attached to the wing 13, and constituting a shelf adapted to support a lump of sugar L. The side, portions of the wing 13 may be connected by a wire cross bar 20 constituting a part of said shelf and tying together the said side portions.

I claim: v

1. A cup clasp comprising a body having two side wings formed to bear on substantiallyopposite portions of a cup, a stop wing formed to bear on an intermediate portion of. the cup, said wings being arranged to support the cup and prevent lateral displacement thereof in any direction, an outer foot located between the two side wings :and formed to bear on the uppersurface of a plate rim, and a pair of spaced apart inner feet projecting below the outer toot and located between the side wings and the intermediate wing, said inner feet being formed to bear on the upper surface of the plate bot-- tom, and a resilient jaw attached to the side wings and arranged to cooperate with the outer foot in yieldingly grasping the plate Ilm. V

2. A cup clasp comprising an endless sinuous wire body, the sinuosities of which constitute two side wings formed to bear on substantially opposite portions of a cup, a stop wing torined to bear on an intermediate portion of a cup, an outer foot located between the two side wings and formed to bear on the upper surface of a plate rim, and a pair of spaced apart inner feet located be tween the side wings and the intermediate wing and extended below the outer tootto bear on the upper surface of a plate bottom,

and a resilient bent wire jaw attached at its fiopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fiommissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). E. 

